Begged Xavi to stay until he decided to stay. Then in the press conference before the match against alves(?) he said that Barcelona fans have to be realistic with their expectations of them challenging for titles and trophies because the club can't sign players due to their financial troubles while the competitors (see Real Madrid) can sign whoever they want.

Laporta and the board are furious that Xavi has said this to the press and public after seemingly tell the board in internal meetings that they should still be competative next season.

[–] Astrealix@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean to be fair he's right but he also shouldn't be saying that lol. But sacking for that is stupid. I think it's fair to say it's gonna be hard but to straight up say they can't compete is bad.

[–] Sentau@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

straight up say they can't compete is bad.

I think i messed up a little. Here is his statement -

We will try to compete with Madrid, but I think the fans have to understand that the situation is very tough. First of all on a financial level. We can no longer say: 'We want this player, and this player'. We do not have the same conditions as the other clubs with a good financial situation. The Barcelona fans have to understand that. That doesn't mean we can't challenge, but that's Barça's situation at the moment. We need time and stability, but we will also try to compete.

Very reasonable statement to make in my opinion